07-22-2024, 06:43 AM
(07-21-2024, 11:17 AM)DJC link Wrote:He won’t be in my best players but I just want to acknowledge Ollie Hollands for his ability to get to contests and his repeat efforts.
I have wondered about his selection week after week but, like Matty Cottrell, I suspect that a lot of Ollie’s work goes unnoticed. It was more apparent this arvo. Well done young man!
I've been one to stick up for him and praising him for his 'unnoticed effort' each week.
I stood up for him when people were calling for his eviction from the side in favour of a 2nd ruck. (You may have been one of them).
Now without wanting to go down that path, you can clearly see what he offers and how that is a benefit over another tall, specifically a ruck.
We need pressure players. Ollie is a pressure player.
People forget, he is only in his 2nd year. Not many other blokes are going better than him that were taken around (or after) his pick, #11, in the draft.
Someone like Carroll has been on the list longer and shown us less. Somehow because he has played less games, he gets more chances....even though he has been around longer.
Similarly Cottrell who has been around longer than both...but offers very little more than Ollie does at the moment. Even though a lot of his stuff goes unnoticed, he hasn't got back to his pre-injury form yet, far from it.